Handheld Learning 2009

Debbie Forster joined e-skills UK in February 2009 to advise on educational strategy and outreach across their range of programmes with schools, colleges and universities, ensuring their work meets both the needs of employers and educationalists. She is leading on e-skills UK’s partnership with the Open University on the DCSF ICT CPD programme.

Prior to joining e-skills UK Debbie was a headteacher and she has twenty years of experience from working in a range of single sex, co-educational, selective and comprehensive schools in the UK and the US. As a teacher, Debbie worked with e-skills UK, Microsoft, HTI and Toshiba on a range of projects including on steering groups for the IT Diploma and the award winning Computer Clubs for Girls (CC4G); bringing an educational perspective to SEEDA’s Women in IT conference and SSDA’s “Standards and Vocational Qualifications” conference; and providing feedback to Microsoft employees on their work in schools to promote the internet.

Her role on the CPD project team involves leading external liaison with employers and stakeholders to ensure the programme brings the best of industry together with cutting edge practice in education.